Humphrey-Weidman Company

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The Humphrey-Weidman Company was a pioneering American modern dance company founded by choreographers Doris Humphrey and Charles Weidman, known for developing innovative movement techniques and shaping early 20th-century modern dance.

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instanceOf modern dance company
performing arts organization
activePeriod 1930s
early 1940s
late 1920s
artisticDirector Charles Weidman
Doris Humphrey
collaboratedWith Bennington School of the Dance
country United States
dissolved early 1940s
field dance
founder Charles Weidman
Doris Humphrey
genre modern dance
hasInfluenceOn concert dance in the United States
pedagogy of modern dance
hasStyle abstract and dramatic modern dance
inception 1928
influenced American modern dance repertory
José Limón Dance Company
knownFor fall and recovery technique
thematic and socially conscious choreography
use of gravity and balance in movement
languageOfWork nonverbal movement
location New York City
movement American modern dance
notableMember Beatrice Seckler
Eve Gentry
José Limón
Letitia Ide
notableWork Fugue
Lynchtown
New Dance
The Shakers
Theatre Piece
Water Study
performedAt Bennington College summer dance festivals

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Denishawn influenced Humphrey-Weidman Company
Doris Humphrey coFounded Humphrey–Weidman Company
linked to: Humphrey-Weidman Company
Charles Weidman coFounded Humphrey–Weidman Company
linked to: Humphrey-Weidman Company
Humphrey–Weidman technique associatedWith Humphrey–Weidman Company
linked to: Humphrey-Weidman Company
Charles Edward Weidman Jr. coFounded Humphrey–Weidman Company
linked to: Humphrey-Weidman Company